Introduction I am not an authority on the church by any stretch. We all have our preferences, and hence, we have our blind sports. I believe I have blind spots, too, but I think I have a bit of a unique perspective because I have been part of and now serving at the same church […]
Sermon: The Power of the Gospel in Philippi (Acts 16:11-40)
Sermon: The Power of the Gospel in Philippi (Acts 16:11-40) Ever since Easter, I have been praying through the church calendar. There are various periods throughout the year which were established centuries ago by the church to commemorate the important events which happened in the life of all believers, past and present. The coming of […]
Psalm 139 – Reflections from Childhood and Being a Father: 2 Lessons about Love
Introduction My name is Ray and I along with my wife Jackie and Daniel and Sora are part of Life Baptist Church of Pasadena. We all met in college many years ago and we have been ministering to college and graduate students ever since. The problem with college and grad students are two-fold. One, they […]
Imitating Good is Hard Work
3 John 1:9-11. " 9I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will have nothing to do with us. 10So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping maliciously about us. Not satisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers. He also stops those who […]
Obedience is not an Option
2 John 1: 4-6. "4It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us. 5And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. 6And this […]
Think and Thrive
Title: Think and Thrive April 5, 2009 The title of this sermon is Think and Thrive. If our minds are a battlefield, then the war that begins in our minds has to be won, or it will be virtuously impossible to live out a thriving faith in Christ. I want to begin by talking about […]